Who Must Die in Rwanda's Genocide?: The State of Exception Realized
2015 book by Kyrsten Sinema / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Who Must Die in Rwanda's Genocide?: The State of Exception Realized is a 2015 non-fiction book by American politician Kyrsten Sinema. Published by Lexington Books, the book is a qualitative study on the history of human rights violations in Rwanda, culminating with the Rwandan genocide of 1994. The book's text is derived from Sinema's 2012 doctoral thesis, Who Must Die: The State of Exception in Rwanda's Genocide, presented to fulfill her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in justice studies from Arizona State University.
Author | Kyrsten Sinema |
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Language | English |
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Publisher | Lexington Books |
Publication date | September 11, 2015 (2015-09-11) |
Publication place | United States |
Pages | 175 |
ISBN | 978-1-498-51864-2 (hardback) |
967.571042 | |
LC Class | DT450.435 .S57 2015 |
Sinema researched and prepared the text in 2010 and 2011, when she was an elected member of the Arizona State Legislature—first as a state representative, then as a state senator. She traveled to Rwanda, Tanzania, and the United Kingdom while researching her thesis. Her analysis draws from the concept of the state of exception, as developed by the Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben, as well as Cameroonian philosopher Achille Mbembe's work on necropolitics. After defending her thesis, Sinema was elected to the federal House of Representatives (in 2012) and later the Senate (in 2018). Her study of the genocide made a significant impression on her political views, and she has cited it as an influence on her generally interventionist positions in some areas related to American foreign policy.